Seven killed in Spanish bus crash

A bus veered off a highway outside Madrid today, flipped over and hit a tree, killing at least seven people, Spanish National Radio has said.

Two other people were seriously hurt and 15 suffered light injuries in the accident 30 miles north of the Spanish capital, the station said.

The bus had Belgian registration plates. The cause of the accident was not immediately known, the radio station reported.

Police were not immediately available for comment.